Cuspidor.



' M. L. DALPEZ.

GUSPIDORf APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1911.

Patented N0v128, 1911.

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avvuemto'a MATTEO L. DALPEZ, 0F TELLURIDE, COLORADO.

CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Application filed August 2, 1911. Serial No. 641,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTEO Ii. DA PEZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Telluride, in the county of San Miguel and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCuspidors, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying fore, to that class of cuspidorsknown and termed as non-spillable cuspidors, which have a valve or likemechanism adapted to close the inlet when the cuspidor is upset, and Iaim to construct a cuspidor of this class which will possess advantagesin points of efliciency, durability, is inexpensive of manufacture andat the same time is simple in construction and operation.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Flgure 1 is a vertical sectional viewshowing'the position of the ball when the cuspidor is in an uprightposition, the dotted lines representing the position of the ball whenthe cuspidor is tilted or upset; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view;and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views of the supporting posts.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 indicates the body of thecuspidor, which may be made of any suitable material and of any desiredform, though preferably of substantially cylindrical shape, and madeintwo sections 2 and 3, which are screw threaded together as shown at 4.

Vertically disposed within said body are the supporting posts 5 and 6,the post 5 being provided with a bearing opening 7 I and the post' 6 isprovided with a notched or open bearing 8. Two pivotally mountedconcavo-c'onvex members 9 are disposed in said body and are mounted onthe inner ends of the horizontal rods 10, said rods having their otherends journaled in a suitable bearing 11 in the sides of the lowersection of thebody, said rods being rigidly supported by means of theposts 5 and 6 by having said rods disposed in the bearings 7 and 8; Aspherical shaped valve 12 is disposed in the members 9 and adapted toclose the opening 13 in the funnel-shaped top 14 of the body. A rubberwasher 15 is secured to thelower end of the top and disposed around theopening 13 so as to assure of no leakage when the cuspidor is tilted orupset.

As seen in Fig. 1 the cuspidor is shown in full lines in an uprightposition and the members 9 and valve 12 are shown in the position theyassume when the cuspidor is tilted or upset. It will be noticed that thelower ends of the members 9 are truncated as shown at 16 so that thelower end of the valve 12 projects below the pivot points of saidmembers.

When the cuspidor is tilted or upset the valve 12, which is made ofsteel, iron or other suit-able material, is heavy enough to force themembers 9 open and allow the valve to close the opening 13 so that thecontents will be retained in the cuspidor and when the cuspidor is setin an upright position the valve 12 will drop down, the weight of thesame closing the members 9. 1

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying theinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a sectional body, a funnelshaped top provided with acentrally arranged opening, a rubber washersecured to said top on the under side thereof and disposed around saidopening, two concavoconvex members pivotally mounted in said body, and avalve disposed in said members and adapted to close said opening when.the cuspidor is tilted or upset.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of asectional body, a funnel-shaped top, having a centrally arrangedopening, a rubber washer secured to said top on the under side thereofand disposed around said opening, two concave-convex members disposedwithin said body, horizontally disposed rods upon which said members arepivoted, a spherical valve normally disposed within said concavo-convexmembers and adapted to close the opening in the top of the cuspidor whenthe cuspidor is tilted or upset.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a sectional body comprising an upper and lowersection threaded together, a funnel-shaped top having a centrallyarranged opening, a rubber washer secured to said top on the underside'thereof and disposed around said opening, two concavo convexmembers disposed within said body, horizontally disposed rods upon whichsaid members are pivoted, vertically arranged posts disposed in saidbody for rigidly supporting said rods, a sphericalshaped valve normallydisposed within said concavo convex members and adapted to close theopening in the top of the cuspidor when the euspidor is tilted or upsetIn testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. MATTEO L. DALPEZ. Witnesses:

PAUL NARDIN, JoHN M. WOY.

